Resource Manual for Owl Pellet Labs

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By James P. Key. 22 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". Softcover.
Reproducible charts, activities, and text. Printed on heavy card stock with a spiral binding to allow top-quality photocopies. Includes: the natural history and classification of the barn owl, describing habits, breeding and nesting, and classification; illustrated charts showing range; adaptations for nocturnal hunting; prey skeletal systems (simple terminology, intermediate terminology, and blank for testing); bone sorting/identification; key to skulls with simple terminology; places barn owls nest; and a series of illustrations/descriptions on pellet formation. Activities include food web construction with provided clip art and guidelines and comparing/mapping barn owl diets across 12 regions of North America. Copyright 1996.